HIV/AIDS Glossary

Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group
(PACTG)

Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group

A large clinical trials network that evaluates treatments for children and adolescents with HIV and that develops new therapeutic approaches for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Originally an independent network, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG) investigators are now merged with the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Group.